Jonathan R Strand
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3696712 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jonathan R Strand |
| NOMBRES | Jonathan R |
| APELLIDO | Strand |
| FIRMA | STRAND J R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8601-765X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 55 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
What drives continuity and change in foreign policy? Developing a theory with the cases of multilateral development banks and Unesco
This paper presents a theory of continuity and change in foreign policy developed through a plausibility probe of two cases: U.S. foreign policy in multilateral development banks (MDBs) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Analyzing data of U.S. votes on 29,000+ individual development projects in MDBs from 2004 to 2023, we found remarkable policy continuity, demonstrating a (mostly) business-as-usual appr…
Foreign Policy Alignment With the War on Terror
Many scholars have suggested that Japan aligned its foreign policy with the US War on Terror. Part of Japan's alignment is said to have involved disbursement of foreign aid to support the US in Afghanistan and Iraq, and with other security interests associated with the War on Terror. To date, however, there has been little empirical study of this question. Employing a data set on Japanese aid to 133 countries between 1995 and 2008, we examine the…
Representation and Governance in International Organizations
What does representation mean when applied to international organizations? While many scholars working on normative questions related to global governance often make use of the concept of representation, few have addressed specifics of applying the concept to the rules and practices by which IOs operate. This article examines representation as a fundamental, albeit often neglected, norm of governance which, if perceived to be deficient or unfair,…
Did Recent Voice Reforms Improve Good Governance within the World Bank
Using the concept of good governance, this article assesses how voting rules in the World Bank Group's primary loan facility determine members' ability to influence the formation of winning coalitions in the Executive Board. In weighted voting systems, the percentage of votes held by an actor does not adequately measure the ability of that actor to affect outcomes because voting weights do not account for either the possible number of coalitions …
Always Vote for Principle, Though You May Vote Alone
Foreign Aid and Voting Behavior in an International Organization
This study examines the relationship between Japanese foreign aid disbursement and recipient state membership and voting in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Focusing on 104 countries for the period 1994–2005, we investigate whether Japan gives more aid to IWC members that vote with Japan. The effects of the independent variables are estimated with a linear mixed regression model. Controlling for other possible influences on official de…
Political Science Careers at Comprehensive Universities
A considerable amount of research exists about political science careers at community colleges and liberal arts institutions, as well as about training and hiring practices across different types of institutions. However, there is virtually no commentary available on political science careers at comprehensive institutions, where a significant proportion of those in the field will spend their professional careers. The primary goal of this article …
The Disbursement Pattern of Japanese Foreign Aid
Three perspectives on the determinants of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) program are often represented as distinct, valid explanations of the aid program. Yet few studies have attempted to simultaneously test the hypotheses generated from all three perspectives in a global study of Japanese aid flows. This study seeks to improve the understanding of the Japanese ODA program by addressing some of the gaps in the existing literature.…
The Essentially Contested Concept of Globalization
It is an understatement to say a growth industry has emerged around the concept ‘globalization’. Observers of all political leanings have been focusing attention on the process of globalization and its implications for corporations, states, and labour groups (e.g., Waters, 1995; Rodrik, 1995; Peterson, 1996; Veseth, 1997; Sassen, 1999). At issue are the intended and unintended effects of the globalization of product and financial markets into tra…
Developing country representation and governance of the International Monetary Fund
Regionalizing Multilateralism
This paper explores the voting power of hypothetical regional voting blocs in the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. We first discuss the prospect of regionally defined groups becoming more significant in the Fund’s decision-making process. After briefly outlining the IMF’s formal decision procedures, including its weighted voting system, use of special majorities, and the function of voting groups in the Fund’s Executive Board w…
Power Relations in an Embedded Institution
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is unique among the set of regional development banks in that non-regional members have substantial influence in decision making. Moreover, two other European institutions have direct influence on decision making in the EBRD's Board of Directors. This paper analyses the relative influence of members of the Board of Directors by applying three measures of a priori voting power - the Banzh…
Edward J. Lincoln, Troubled Times
Institutional Design and Power Relations in the African Development Bank
Unlike other international financial institutions (IFI), when the African Development Bank (ADB) was established it did not offer membership to advanced industrial states. In need of more capital, the ADB decided to admit these countries in 1982. In doing so, it attempted to institute rules to maintain the controlling influence of the regional, African members. One means to this end was to grant regional members (as a bloc) the largest share of v…
State power in a multilateral context
This article assesses how weighted voting in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) impacts members’ abilities to influence the formation of winning coalitions in its Board of Directors. Voting weights do not adequately measure an actor's ability to affect outcomes because they do not account for either the possible number of coalitions that may form or the number of votes needed to pass a resolution. In short, weighted voting systems cannot be straigh…
The U.S. and Japan in the Bretton Woods Institutions
David P. Rapkin, Jonathan R. Strand, The U.S. and Japan in the Bretton Woods Institutions: Sharing or Contesting Leadership?, International Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2, Leaders and Leadership 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 265-296
Institutional Adjustment to Changed Power Distributions
The U.S. and Japan in the Bretton Woods Institutions
David P. Rapkin, Jonathan R. Strand, The U.S. and Japan in the Bretton Woods Institutions: Sharing or Contesting Leadership?, International Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2, Leaders and Leadership 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 265-296
Always Vote for Principle, Though You May Vote Alone
Institutional Design and Power Relations in the African Development Bank
Unlike other international financial institutions (IFI), when the African Development Bank (ADB) was established it did not offer membership to advanced industrial states. In need of more capital, the ADB decided to admit these countries in 1982. In doing so, it attempted to institute rules to maintain the controlling influence of the regional, African members. One means to this end was to grant regional members (as a bloc) the largest share of v…
Representation and Governance in International Organizations
What does representation mean when applied to international organizations? While many scholars working on normative questions related to global governance often make use of the concept of representation, few have addressed specifics of applying the concept to the rules and practices by which IOs operate. This article examines representation as a fundamental, albeit often neglected, norm of governance which, if perceived to be deficient or unfair,…
Power Relations in an Embedded Institution
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is unique among the set of regional development banks in that non-regional members have substantial influence in decision making. Moreover, two other European institutions have direct influence on decision making in the EBRD's Board of Directors. This paper analyses the relative influence of members of the Board of Directors by applying three measures of a priori voting power - the Banzh…
State power in a multilateral context
This article assesses how weighted voting in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) impacts members’ abilities to influence the formation of winning coalitions in its Board of Directors. Voting weights do not adequately measure an actor's ability to affect outcomes because they do not account for either the possible number of coalitions that may form or the number of votes needed to pass a resolution. In short, weighted voting systems cannot be straigh…
Institutional Adjustment to Changed Power Distributions
The Disbursement Pattern of Japanese Foreign Aid
Three perspectives on the determinants of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) program are often represented as distinct, valid explanations of the aid program. Yet few studies have attempted to simultaneously test the hypotheses generated from all three perspectives in a global study of Japanese aid flows. This study seeks to improve the understanding of the Japanese ODA program by addressing some of the gaps in the existing literature.…
Did Recent Voice Reforms Improve Good Governance within the World Bank
Using the concept of good governance, this article assesses how voting rules in the World Bank Group's primary loan facility determine members' ability to influence the formation of winning coalitions in the Executive Board. In weighted voting systems, the percentage of votes held by an actor does not adequately measure the ability of that actor to affect outcomes because voting weights do not account for either the possible number of coalitions …
Foreign Aid and Voting Behavior in an International Organization
This study examines the relationship between Japanese foreign aid disbursement and recipient state membership and voting in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Focusing on 104 countries for the period 1994–2005, we investigate whether Japan gives more aid to IWC members that vote with Japan. The effects of the independent variables are estimated with a linear mixed regression model. Controlling for other possible influences on official de…
Political Science Careers at Comprehensive Universities
A considerable amount of research exists about political science careers at community colleges and liberal arts institutions, as well as about training and hiring practices across different types of institutions. However, there is virtually no commentary available on political science careers at comprehensive institutions, where a significant proportion of those in the field will spend their professional careers. The primary goal of this article …
Developing country representation and governance of the International Monetary Fund
Regionalizing Multilateralism
This paper explores the voting power of hypothetical regional voting blocs in the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. We first discuss the prospect of regionally defined groups becoming more significant in the Fund’s decision-making process. After briefly outlining the IMF’s formal decision procedures, including its weighted voting system, use of special majorities, and the function of voting groups in the Fund’s Executive Board w…
The U.S. and Japan in the Bretton Woods Institutions
David P. Rapkin, Jonathan R. Strand, The U.S. and Japan in the Bretton Woods Institutions: Sharing or Contesting Leadership?, International Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2, Leaders and Leadership 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 265-296
Institutional Adjustment to Changed Power Distributions
State power in a multilateral context
This article assesses how weighted voting in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) impacts members’ abilities to influence the formation of winning coalitions in its Board of Directors. Voting weights do not adequately measure an actor's ability to affect outcomes because they do not account for either the possible number of coalitions that may form or the number of votes needed to pass a resolution. In short, weighted voting systems cannot be straigh…
Edward J. Lincoln, Troubled Times
Institutional Design and Power Relations in the African Development Bank
Unlike other international financial institutions (IFI), when the African Development Bank (ADB) was established it did not offer membership to advanced industrial states. In need of more capital, the ADB decided to admit these countries in 1982. In doing so, it attempted to institute rules to maintain the controlling influence of the regional, African members. One means to this end was to grant regional members (as a bloc) the largest share of v…
Power Relations in an Embedded Institution
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is unique among the set of regional development banks in that non-regional members have substantial influence in decision making. Moreover, two other European institutions have direct influence on decision making in the EBRD's Board of Directors. This paper analyses the relative influence of members of the Board of Directors by applying three measures of a priori voting power - the Banzh…
The Essentially Contested Concept of Globalization
It is an understatement to say a growth industry has emerged around the concept ‘globalization’. Observers of all political leanings have been focusing attention on the process of globalization and its implications for corporations, states, and labour groups (e.g., Waters, 1995; Rodrik, 1995; Peterson, 1996; Veseth, 1997; Sassen, 1999). At issue are the intended and unintended effects of the globalization of product and financial markets into tra…
Developing country representation and governance of the International Monetary Fund
Regionalizing Multilateralism
This paper explores the voting power of hypothetical regional voting blocs in the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. We first discuss the prospect of regionally defined groups becoming more significant in the Fund’s decision-making process. After briefly outlining the IMF’s formal decision procedures, including its weighted voting system, use of special majorities, and the function of voting groups in the Fund’s Executive Board w…
The Disbursement Pattern of Japanese Foreign Aid
Three perspectives on the determinants of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) program are often represented as distinct, valid explanations of the aid program. Yet few studies have attempted to simultaneously test the hypotheses generated from all three perspectives in a global study of Japanese aid flows. This study seeks to improve the understanding of the Japanese ODA program by addressing some of the gaps in the existing literature.…
Political Science Careers at Comprehensive Universities
A considerable amount of research exists about political science careers at community colleges and liberal arts institutions, as well as about training and hiring practices across different types of institutions. However, there is virtually no commentary available on political science careers at comprehensive institutions, where a significant proportion of those in the field will spend their professional careers. The primary goal of this article …
Foreign Aid and Voting Behavior in an International Organization
This study examines the relationship between Japanese foreign aid disbursement and recipient state membership and voting in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Focusing on 104 countries for the period 1994–2005, we investigate whether Japan gives more aid to IWC members that vote with Japan. The effects of the independent variables are estimated with a linear mixed regression model. Controlling for other possible influences on official de…
Always Vote for Principle, Though You May Vote Alone
Representation and Governance in International Organizations
What does representation mean when applied to international organizations? While many scholars working on normative questions related to global governance often make use of the concept of representation, few have addressed specifics of applying the concept to the rules and practices by which IOs operate. This article examines representation as a fundamental, albeit often neglected, norm of governance which, if perceived to be deficient or unfair,…
Did Recent Voice Reforms Improve Good Governance within the World Bank
Using the concept of good governance, this article assesses how voting rules in the World Bank Group's primary loan facility determine members' ability to influence the formation of winning coalitions in the Executive Board. In weighted voting systems, the percentage of votes held by an actor does not adequately measure the ability of that actor to affect outcomes because voting weights do not account for either the possible number of coalitions …
Foreign Policy Alignment With the War on Terror
Many scholars have suggested that Japan aligned its foreign policy with the US War on Terror. Part of Japan's alignment is said to have involved disbursement of foreign aid to support the US in Afghanistan and Iraq, and with other security interests associated with the War on Terror. To date, however, there has been little empirical study of this question. Employing a data set on Japanese aid to 133 countries between 1995 and 2008, we examine the…
What drives continuity and change in foreign policy? Developing a theory with the cases of multilateral development banks and Unesco
This paper presents a theory of continuity and change in foreign policy developed through a plausibility probe of two cases: U.S. foreign policy in multilateral development banks (MDBs) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Analyzing data of U.S. votes on 29,000+ individual development projects in MDBs from 2004 to 2023, we found remarkable policy continuity, demonstrating a (mostly) business-as-usual appr…
Political science (16 obras) · Law (15 obras) · Economics (14 obras) · Politics (13 obras) · International Development and Aid (12 obras) · Law (12 obras) · Finance (6 obras) · Voting (6 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Political economy (5 obras)